viva verde

just read this interesting tiddy on the “5 reasons to not buy American“, and ugg! i am embarrassed!

I know i mentioned this earlier with the whole GM closing plants deal, buy i have to admit that to buy an American vehicle is totally and completely pointless. I feel like screaming into my pillow, “haven’t you learned A SINGLE THING from the 70’s?!?”

besides the “poor design choices” that are now so completely obvious (and if you cannot see them, take a look at your wallet, that might have something to do with it), i can’t help but think about how the current situ with “the big 3″ reflects greater themes/ideas in American consumption/culture:

1. marketing for the upper-class/well off people or wanting everyone to behave like they are
2. creating products with the mind-frame that supplies (aka FUEL, but also more than that) will last forever
3. designing product for now instead of “built to last” in the REAL essence of lasting in the WORLD-i think big corps need to consult with a dictionary, not bank account
4. thinking of a product as what i like to call it: its bare-necessity. In the case of the car, my definition is as follows:

CAR: a thing that can take a small group of people or single person from point A to point B at a faster rate than what they could do with physical effort. (i know a car takes physical effort, you know what i mean)

I, like so many others wants to “buy American”, but honestly, why should you when you are wasting natural resources and buying an inefficient product that will not stand the test of time? What ever happened to American Innovation? We have the best schools in the world and this is what we get?

somebody step up!  we should be leading design not dragging out heels 10 years later!